Volunteer
Opportunities for
the WMC

Type
of volunteering opportunities
available:
We
are a volunteer organization whose
mission is to mobilize community
resources to promote and provide
music education for DC public
school children, during and outside
school. A list of volunteer opportunities
and a volunteer form can be found
on the CHIME web page. We can
use organizational help as well
as music performance and instructional
volunteers.

Type
of Volunteering Opportunities
Available:
We
Are Family serves senior citizens
in the Washington DC/North Capitol
neighborhood. It is a new organization
that needs volunteers to visit
and spend time with senior citizens
and provide advocacy assistance
in a variety of ways.

Type
of Volunteering Opportunities
Available:
Seeds
of Peace brings together youth
from regions of conflict for a
summer camp experience in Maine,
where the teenagers come to know
the human face of those they have
been taught to hate. Seeds was
founded about 11 years ago and
first addressed the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, but has expanded to
include youth from India, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Balkans, Greek/Turkish
Cyprus, and other regions. The
Young Leadership Council (YLC)
holds an annual fundraiser - the
Gala - as well as a few educational/outreach
events throughout the yea in support
of Seeds of Peach. Membership
is loosely in the 20s-40s range.
Volunteering might include soliciting
food donations from local restaurants
for an event, helping set up for
an event, or helping organize
a chance for Seeds kids to meet
a small group of interested people
in DC.

Type
of Volunteering Opportunities
Available:
The
Rhythm Workers Union uses music,
rhythm and song to promote peace,
justice and unity and to aid in
the creation of a culture that
respects and celebrates life.
We always need volunteers to help
us organize our participation
in area events including marches,
benefit concerts, rallies, community
drum circles, folk festivals and
more. We also need someone to
help guide us on our path to becoming
a 501C3.

Type
of Volunteering Opportunities
Available:
The
Mission of PANORAMA - A DC Community
Arts Initiative is to:
-
ensure all residents have consistent
opportunities to participate in & appreciate
the arts.
-To
increase awareness and visibility
of art & activism
in the District of Columbia.
-To
bring people together through
community arts.
-To
preserve & celebrate
our cultural diversity.

The
type of volunteer opportunities
available include: organizing
events, outreach to organizations,
and assisting with fundraising.

Type
of Volunteering Opportunities
Available:
-
help prepare meals for homebound
people with serious health conditions
such as HIV/AIDS, and cancer.
-
help deliver meals.
-
other various volunteer opportunities.

Type
of volunteering opportunities
available:
Teach
literature, technology (computers),
or math to small groups of one
to four students in either 5th,
6th, 7th, or 8th grade at one
of four HAP centers in D.C. (Wards
1, 4, 6, and 7 have HAP centers
based in public schools).

Type
of Volunteering Opportunities
Available:
Montgomery
Blair High School is bursting
at the seams with 3600 students
in a space built for 2700. They
need lots of volunteers to help
in ESOL, working with individual
students who are new to the country.
Teachers can also use help correcting
papers, being in the classroom
to talk to students who are having
difficulties, etc. They do not
have a formal volunteer system
in place, but Joann will help
direct people to the appropriate
individuals who need assistance.

Type
of Volunteering Opportunities
Available:
THC
provides housing and comprehensive
support services to homeless and
at-risk families so that they
can make transformational changes
in their lives. Volunteer activities
include quarterly workdays to
help maintain the buildings and
yards, transporting furniture,
mentoring children and families,
and engaging THC children in fun
and educational activities such
as reading clubs and other enrichment
activities.

Type
of Volunteering Opportunities
Available:
Bring
pets to visit residents of the
Washington Center for the Aging.
Ownership of a pet is not required
to volunteer. However, for those
with pets, a training session
is required prior to volunteering.

Individuals & Groups
Offering Volunteer
Services

Volunteer
Service: Yoga/meditation activities
for kids, adolescents, or the
elderly.